The Year In Review provides a concise, substantive analysis of the Court’s precedential patent decisions. The easy-to-use Table of Contents is organized by issue, so that the reader can easily identify all of the relevant cases bearing on the issue of choice.

Use the Federal Circuit Year In Review to find out:

Which issues have a better chance on appeal based on the Federal Circuit’s history of affirming or reversing that issue in the past, including the real rate of affirmance on claim construction.

The average length of time from issuance of a final decision in the district court and docketing at the Federal Circuit to issuance of a Federal Circuit opinion on appeal.

What the likelihood of success is at the Federal Circuit if you are a patentee or the opponent based on the issue being appealed.

The Federal Circuit’s history of affirming or reversing cases from a specific district court.

How likely a particular panel will be to render a unanimous opinion or a fractured decision with a majority, concurrence, or dissent.

The Federal Circuit’s affirmance/reversal rate in cases from the district court, ITC, and the PTO.

The Year In Review provides a statistical analysis of how the Federal Circuit has been deciding precedential patent cases, such as affirmance and reversal rates (overall, by issue, and by District Court), average time from lower tribunal decision to key milestones (oral argument, decision), win rate for patentee versus opponent (overall, by issue, and by District Court), decision rate by Judge (number of unanimous, majority, plurality, concurring, or dissenting opinions), and other helpful statistics. The Year In Review is an ideal resource for practitioners seeking an objective report on the Court’s decisions.

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